Union Territory of India
Chandigarh
चण्डीगढ़Chandigarh is a union territory of India. It covers about 119 km² (45.8 mi²), the 35th largest of the 36 states and union territories in Natural Earth’s file for India, and about the same size as Jersey. About 1.1 million people live there (Wikidata, 2011).
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Facts
| Area, measured | 119 km²45.8 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 114 km²Wikidata · 4.1% below our measure |
| Share of India | less than 0.1%of the area of the 36 states and union territories |
| Rank by area | 35th of 36states and union territories of India |
| Population | 1.1 millionWikidata, 2011 |
| Density | 8,892 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 31°N to 31°N |
| Type | Union TerritoryIN-CH |
What the numbers say about Chandigarh
- Chandigarh covers less than 0.1% of the area of India and ranks 31st of 36 by population, against 35th by area.
- It would take 26,544 states and union territories the size of Chandigarh to cover India.
- The largest, Rajasthan, is 2,890× the size of Chandigarh; the smallest, Lakshadweep, is 29% of it.
- Closest in size within India: Lakshadweep (34.1 km², 3.48×) and Puducherry (526 km², 4.43×).
- Counted as a country, Chandigarh would be larger than 20 of the 239 countries and territories listed on sizeversus, and would rank 220th by area, between Jersey (119 km²) and Australian Indian Ocean Territories (112 km²).
- With 1.1 million people it would rank 162nd of 238 by population.
- Chandigarh has 8,892 people per km².
- That makes Chandigarh the 2nd most densely populated of the 36 states and union territories, 22.2× the average for India (400 per km²).
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 31°N is drawn about 1.4× too large in area, so Chandigarh looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Chandigarh stretches about 14 km north to south and 13 km east to west.
- Our measured 119 km² is 4.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 114 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- Chandigarh is small enough that Natural Earth draws it from only 13 points. Take its shape as a sketch and the official figure as the firmer number.
Beside the regions of other countries
The closest region by area and by people in each of the other countries that have regional pages here, within a factor of 2. All 395 regions side by side.
- United StatesAreaWashington, D.C.73% · 162 km²PeopleMontana0.97× · 1.1 million (2020)
- GermanyAreanone within 2×PeopleSaarland1.05× · 1.0 million (2022)
- FranceAreanone within 2×PeopleRéunion (France)1.20× · 881,000 (2022)
- ItalyAreanone within 2×PeopleTrentino-Alto Adige0.98× · 1.1 million (2019)
- SpainAreanone within 2×PeopleExtremadura1.00× · 1.1 million (2024)
- JapanAreanone within 2×PeopleMiyazaki0.99× · 1.1 million (2021)
- BrazilAreanone within 2×PeopleAcre1.27× · 830,000 (2022)
- CanadaAreanone within 2×PeopleSaskatchewan0.93× · 1.1 million (2021)
- AustraliaAreanone within 2×PeopleSouth Australia56% · 1.9 million (2024)
- MexicoAreanone within 2×PeopleCampeche1.14× · 928,000 (2020)
- ThailandAreanone within 2×PeopleSurat Thani0.99× · 1.1 million (2020)
Where Chandigarh sits in India
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded. The region’s whole area is counted, every island included.
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-12
- Population
- Wikidata, 2011. India’s units share the 2011 figures where Wikidata has them; the year is shown wherever the figure is.
- Matching
- Countries come from Natural Earth’s country file. Places whose status is contested and dependencies are never used as automatic matches. A region under 2,500 km² is matched against the small countries and island nations.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12